> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Heal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 10:43
> To: beginners@perl.org
> Subject: what does a lone percent sign mean?
>
> I am trying to determine how this does what it does.
>
>
>
> sub IsLeapYear
>
> {
>
> my $year = shift;
>
> return 0 if $year % 4;
>
> return 1 if $year % 100;
>
> return 0 if $year % 400;
>
> return 1;
>
> }
>
>
>
> But I do not understand, and I can not find what a single,
> lone % means.
>
>
>
> Anyone know?
>
>
>
> Tony
>
>
modulo which is use the remainder after division by the number.
First is divide year by 4 so take 2007 / 4 which will give you a
remainder 3. So if 3 ( true ) then return 0.
You can take the next two.
If you have any problems or questions, please let me know.
Thanks.
Wags ;)
David R Wagner
Senior Programmer Analyst
FedEx Freight
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